Nguyen Tan Dung

Nguyen Tan Dung (17 November 1949-) was the Prime Minister of Vietnam from 27 June 2006, succeeding Phan Van Khai.

Biography
Nguyen Tan Dung was born on 17 November 1949 in Ca Mau in southern Vietnam. In 1961, he joined the Viet Cong at the age of twelve to assist in first-aid and communication tasks, and he was wounded four times during the Vietnam War. On 10 June 1967 he joined the Communist Party of Vietnam, and he proceeded to fight in the Cambodian-Vietnamese War in the 1970s. In 1996, Nguyen became the youngest member of the Politburo at the age of 47, and he served as Deputy Prime Minister on one occasion. On 27 June 2006, Nguyen Tan Dung was elected as Prime Minister of Vietnam, being the youngest person (at age 56) to hold that title; he was also the first person born after the 1945 August Revolution to be Prime Minister. His tenure was controversial due to crackdowns against political dissidents in addition to accusations of nepotism and mishandling of the economy, and after the January 2016 election of General-Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Tan Dung could not be elected another term as Prime Minister.